An honest and scientific discourse on AI is frequently lacking. As a result of hyping the possibilities of the technology, the potential risks and limitations of technology are often under-communicated and poorly understood. This kind of magical thinking is not without a cost. Last year, for example, an EU Parliament document hyperbolically claimed that " AI can be thought of as the fifth element after air, earth, water, and fire." Not a small part of the exorbitant investment in AI can be traced back to magical thinking. In the 1980s, data scientist Josef Weizenbaum warned about the " magical thinking" around technology, saying that the only people in awe were the people who misunderstood the technology. Everyone leaves the movie comforted that technology has won the day. In so many sci-fi movies, the resolution of the plot is that of deus ex machina―literally, a "god in the machine." In these movie endings, a highly improbable development solves a seemingly intractable problem, leading to a happy ending, without reflection, or even reason.
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